Senior Manager, Technical Programs (IT)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

Join the IT Engineering team to help build the next chapter of enterprise IT at Affirm – ensuring great employee experiences and supporting the company’s ongoing growth. As a remote-first company, our tools and technology are critical to enabling all Affirmers; if you're passionate about delivering work with meaningful impact, this is the place for you!

We’re looking for a Staff IT Program Manager to mature our IT portfolio management processes, drive key strategic programs, support Organizational Change Management efforts, and partner with Information Security and other internal stakeholders to balance competing priorities.

This role will report directly to the Senior Director, IT Engineering.

What You’ll Do

• Mature the IT portfolio management processes
• Monitor portfolio health
• Help drive prioritization across IT portfolio
• Develop minimum standards for all projects and programs
• Partner across the organization to understand and balance competing priorities
• Drive key strategic programs
• Communicate program status
• Work closely with team to manage inter-dependencies
• Support IT's Organizational Change Management efforts
• Help develop IT’s 3-year strategy
• Help develop what “the future of work and collaboration” look like at Affirm
• Serve as a trusted member of the IT leadership team
• Navigate and manage within an environment of ambiguity with diverse partners
  

What We Look For

• 10+ years of experience with IT program management or related experience
• Hands-on experience working in a matrixed organization
• An understanding of building and deploying customer impacting and operational enterprise IT solutions
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with negotiation and resolving conflict from a place of listening and collaboration
• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
  
  

Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 12

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $225,000 - $275,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $200,000 - $250,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

Benefits

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
  
  

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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